Mexican Ceramic Art
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Maya ware attained a variety and quality unique in Mesoamerican Mexican Ceramic Art. Maya ware of the Classic period included delicate figurines, polychrome cylindrical vases with scenes and glyphs resembling those in Mayan manuscripts, and plaques containing whistles, with molded and modeled scenes of everyday life.
The art of creating beautiful mexican Ceramic Art has been cultivated for centuries by the Mexican people. Simply by looking at the magnificent mexican Ceramic Art created by pre-Columbian civilizations we can see that this land possesses an extraordinary artistic heritage.
The earliest domestic mexican Ceramic Art dates from the Formative period (1500-1000 bc ) in the Valley of Mexico. On the Gulf coast the Olmec culture produced hollow, naturalistic figurines. During the Classic period ( ad 300? to 900?), ceramic figurines from the east showed lively freedom of expression; those from the west were often grouped in impressionistic scenes of daily life. At Teotihuacán in the central plateau, polychrome three-footed vessels were produced in molds. In the Post-Classic era the Toltecs occupied the central plateau, producing typical mexican Ceramic Art painted red on cream or orange on buff. Later, the Aztecs first assimilated earlier abstract decoration, then turned to red and orange bowls ornamented with birds and other life forms. Farther south, the Zapotecs and Mixtecs resisted Aztec influence. Besides modeled animals, humans, and gods, they made a highly burnished polychrome ware that influenced later mexican Ceramic Art.
Today, Mexican ceramic art reflects the diverse cultural heritage through motifs inherited from the Orient, the Italian Renaissance, the Moors, Spain and the New World. Elements from all these sources are combined at will and a sense of freedom and whimsy are often apparent in the compositions.
Today, the tradition of Mexican Ceramic Art is alive in Mexico, with beautiful pieces created by skilled artisans to fulfill both decorative and functional needs. In essence, due to it's handcrafted nature and original design, each piece of Mexican ceramic art can be considered a work of functional art.
Our Mexican ceramic art come from one of the most prestigious places in Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, where artisans are educated from their childhood. San Miguel de Allende is also known for its beautiful architecture and a variety of cultural events such as the “sanmiguelada”, a mexican edition of the famous “pamplonada” from Pamplona, Spain.
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